—Advertiser: Coliseum bids due Oct. 18, Sept. 26, 1947: Bids would be opened Oct. 18 to build the South Louisiana Mid-Winter Fair Coliseum, Southwestern Louisiana Institute President Joel Fletcher said. The coliseum, funded for $300,000 by the Louisiana Legislature, would be built on the Lafayette-Abbeville Highway near the city’s southern limits. SLI would be entitled to share the facility.